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amenableness Definition


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amenable
adj
    1. Ready to accept (someone else's idea, proposal, advice, guidance, etc).
      Example: he was not amenable to her suggestion
      Example: He was not amenable to her suggestion that they go on holiday together
      Thesaurus: complaisant, flexible, tractable, persuadable, obliging, acquiescent, agreeable, biddable, conformable, submissive, susceptible; Antonym: resistant, recalcitrant.
      Form: amenable to something (especially)
    2. Legally responsible.
      Thesaurus: responsible, answerable, accountable, liable, chargeable.
Derivative: amenability
noun
    Derivative: amenableness
    noun
      Derivative: amenably
      adverb
        Etymology: 16c: Anglo-French, from amener (from à mener) to lead to.



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